Table 5 Wild edible plants associated with different usage categories of consumed modes
From: Wild edible plants traditionally collected and used in southern Yemen
Use category (58 Species) | Edible part/exudates (Species No.) | Wild edible species |
|---|---|---|
Cooked (9 species) | Leaves (7) | Amaranthus blitum, Amaranthus graecizans, Amaranthus spinosus, Cissus rotundifolia, Cleome gynandra, Corchorus tridens, Corchorus trilocularis |
Corn (1) | Gladiolus candidus, | |
Flower (1) | Aloe lanata | |
Eaten raw (46 species) | Exudate: liquid and dried Gum (3) | Acacia gerrardii, Acacia nilotica, Acacia Senegal |
Fruits (14) | Coccinia grandis, Ficus ingens, Ficus palmata, Ficus sycomorus, Ficus vasta, Grewia erythraea, Grewia mollis, Grewia tenax, Opuntia ficus-indica, Sageretia thea, Salvadora persica, Senna italica, Ziziphus spina-christi, Ziziphus leucodermis | |
Stems (14) | Apteranthes tuberculata, Caralluma subulata, Ceropegia bulbosa, Cynanchum viminale, Cynanchum viminale subsp. Stipitaceum, Cynanchum viminale subsp. Suberosum, Cynanchum vanlessenii, Desmidorchis awdelianus, Desmidorchis flavus, Desmidorchis lavrani, Monolluma hexagona, Monolluma quadrangula, Monolluma solenophora, Orbea wissmannii | |
Roots or corns (4) | Glossonema varians, Raphionacme velutina, Rhytidocaulon macrolobum, Rhytidocaulon tortum | |
Leaves (9) | Lactuca serriola, Launaea intybacea, Launaea, procumbens, Lavandula pubescens, Plantago major, Reichardia tingitana, Rumex nervosus, Sonchus oleraceus, Boerhavia elegans | |
Exudates: Flowers nectar (2) | Anisotes trisulcus, Rumex nervosus, | |
Cooked or raw eaten (3 species) | Flower (1) | Hydnora abysinica |
Leaf, Stem (2) | Portulaca oleracea, Portulaca quadrifida |